The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-07
PERSONAL.

INTERSTATE COMMISSIONER MORRISON has been
granted a pension of S12 per month as a soldier
in the Mexican war.
THE Crown Princess of Austria is suffering
from the complaint of the age. over-education
She has been crammed with schoobook knowl-
edge and there's no more health in her.
CHARLIE Ton SING the Chinese steward of the
Inflated Jeanette, has become converted to
Christianity and is waging a bitter crusade
against the celestial gamblers of the Pacific
coast
HARRIET HARDAwAY, an aged colored woman
of Paris Ky has sold her body, to be delivered
after death to a medical college in Cincinnati
for $50 and is to be supported during her life by
the college.
AT the recent annual meeting of the Maine
Woman's Suffrage Association only three
women were elected to official positions, the re-
manning seven ranging in Importance from
President down being filed by men.
HAMILTON DIssToN. the Philadelphia manu-
facturer, is one of the noted amateur wing shots
of the country, He will kill eight quail out of
every ten flushed in a days sport and rarely
fails to bring down a duck when it comes in
range.
CANovAs DEL CASTILLO. the Spanish states
man, has arrived in Paris, where he is to be
married next week to Mile. Sotomayer. the
famous Spanish heireSs, whom the Queen
Regent has just created duchess in honor of
the event.
Jay HUBBELL claims to be seized and DOS
sessed Of two pieces of information which NAV
be classed as quite important if true He says
Gen. Sheridan will be the Republican PreSi-
dental candidate and Cleveland will not be re-
nominated.
THE country residence of the dead millionaire
Drew, of New York, situated in Putnam county
New York, was bought at auction on Monday by
Mrs Jeanette Smith, for $40. 900. The house Is
three stories high and contains twenty-five
rooms. Twenty acres of ground go with it.
A Mrs. DRAKE a wealthy woman of West
Oakland. Cal, has Just closed her door in her
mothers face; She recently paid the old lady's
passage from England, but the couple differed
in their religious views with the above result
The aged mother is now an inmate of the San
Francisco Sheltering Home a charitable nsti-
tuition.
GEN. o. o. HOWARD has been presented by
some of his San Francisco admirers with a
unique gift in the shape of flag robe, in shape
size and colors of the regulation storm flag of
the United States army. The body of the flag
is of the finest wool and bound with satin. The
thirtyeight stars are wrought into the blue
shield with silk
PRINCESS IRENE, of Hesse, is doing her best
to become clever cook, and is taking lessons
in that art under the. chef at Balmoral. She is
engaged to her cousin, Prince William, of Prlls-
STA. The other day her highness gave an exh-
bition of her skill by manufacturing a fearful
and wonderful cake. Most of the ROYALTIES resi-
dent at Balmoral witnessed the proceedings.
CONGRESSMAN BREcKENRIDGE, of Arkansas is
considered likely candidate for Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the next
House, lie is a small, pale, sickly looking man
with deep set eyes and prominent spectacles and
a thirst for knowledge which is apparent at the
first view. He is u conscientious student a
model member of Congress, and, like his cousin
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, gentleman
LORD HERscHEL, who is travelling in the West,
recently expressed his delight with all that he
saw IN Colorado said he: Nv hat pleases me
much as anything else is the fact that the
advancement a Denver IL Ina.
largely 10 English capital There is English
capital everywhere; IN the construction of
bitches aud upon your farm lands; in your
cities and in your mines. II strikes me that as
an Englishman | have as much right to be
proud Of Denver as the native Of Colorado
almost